American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording

American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording is an album by the cast of American Idiot and Green Day. In September 2009, American Idiot began its run in the Berkeley Repertory Theatre, California. After two extensions, it was transferred to the St. James Theatre on Broadway. The first single from the album, "21 Guns", was released on December 3, 2009. The album also includes "When It's Time", a previously unreleased song written by Billie Joe Armstrong. Two versions of it appear on the album, one by the cast and one by Green Day. It was originally released on mtv.com on April 13, 2010, and was released on CD on April 20, 2010. A vinyl version of the album was released on July 13, 2010. The album debuted at number 43 on the Billboard 200, becoming one of the highest-charting musical soundtracks. The album won Best Musical Show Album at the 53rd Annual Grammy Awards. Shortly after the album's release, another album featuring 13 songs from the album was released as American Idiot: Selections from the Original Broadway Cast Recording. The recording features performances by the Broadway cast alongside members of Green Day. The album documents the musical's adaptation of songs from Green Day's 2004 studio album American Idiot.

Track listing

Tracks are split into two discs, although there is no mention of this on the sleeve as tracks are written consecutively as tracks 1 to 22. Despite being the curtain call of the show, "Good Riddance (Time of Your Life)" is not featured on the album.

American Idiot: Selections from the Original Broadway Cast Recording "American Idiot" – 3:05 "Holiday" – 4:07 "Boulevard of Broken Dreams" – 4:22 "St. Jimmy" – 2:46 "Give Me Novacaine" – 3:33 "Last of the American Girls/She's a Rebel" – 2:22 "Last Night on Earth" – 4:16 "21 Guns" – 4:45 "Letterbomb" – 3:24 "Wake Me Up When September Ends" – 4:46 "Homecoming"I. "The Death of St. Jimmy"II. "East 12th St."III. "Nobody Likes You"IV. "Rock and Roll Girlfriend"V. "We're Coming Home Again" – 9:39 "Whatsername" – 4:05 "When It's Time" (Green Day version) – 3:23

Reception As did the Original American Idiot album, it was generally well received.

Personnel

Musicians Band Billie Joe Armstrong – vocals, guitar, piano Mike Dirnt – bass Tré Cool – drums, percussion Tom Kitt – arrangements, orchestration Carmel Dean – piano, synthesizer, accordion Kathy Marshall – violin Erin Benim – viola Rachel Turner Houk – cello Trey Files – percussion Alec Berlin; John Gallagher Jr.; Michael Esper; Stark Sands; Joshua Henry; Gerard Canonico – guitar

Musical cast Main parts John Gallagher Jr. (Johnny) Michael Esper (Will) Stark Sands (Tunny) Tony Vincent (St. Jimmy/Jimmy) Rebecca Naomi Jones (Whatsername) Mary Faber (Heather) Christina Sajous (The Extraordinary Girl) Joshua Henry (Favorite Son) Theo Stockman (The Representative of Jingletown/ "Too Much Too Soon" Male Soloist) Alysha Umphress ("Too Much Too Soon" Female Soloist)

Ensemble Declan Bennett Andrew Call Gerard Canonico Miguel Cervantes Van Hughes Brian Charles Johnson Joshua Kobak Lorin Latarro Omar Lopez-Cepero Leslie McDonel Chase Peacock Ben Thompson Alysha Umphress Aspen Vincent Libby Winters

Crew Production Billie Joe Armstrong – producer Michael Mayer – director Chris Lord-Alge – mixing engineer Adam Fair – additional engineering Chris Dugan – engineer Brad Kobylczak – additional engineering Ian Shea; Lee Bothwick; Denny Muller – assistant engineers Ted Jensen – mastering

Artwork Chris Bilheimer – art design Doug Hamilton; Kevin Berne – photography

Chart positions

Chart (2010)PeakPosition Billboard 200 43 Billboard Top Cast Albums 1 Austria Albums Top 75 15 Greece Albums Chart 32 Italian FIMI top 100 48 Swedish Albums Chart 46 German Albums Chart 70

American Idiot: The Original Broadway Cast Recording

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